Bible › 2 Samuel › Chapter 8 › Verse 2 › Interlinear “And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.”
2 Samuel 8:2 — Hebrew Interlinear Hebrew · 2 Samuel 8:2 21 words
Hebrew Meaning
וַ/יַּ֣ךְ wayakə
beat conj H5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
אֶת ʾet
(as such unrepresented in English) particle H853
וַֽ/יְמַדְּדֵ֤/ם wayəmadədēm
measure conj H4058
mete · stretch self
בַּ/חֶ֨בֶל֙ baḥebel
band pron H2256
coast · company · cord · country ···
הַשְׁכֵּ֣ב hašəkēb
cast down verb H7901
at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···
אוֹתָ֣/ם ʾwōtām
(as such unrepresented in English) particle H853
אַ֔רְצָ/ה ʾarəṣāh
earth noun H776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וַ/יְמַדֵּ֤ד wayəmadēd
measure conj H4058
mete · stretch self
שְׁנֵֽי šənēy
both adj H8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
חֲבָלִים֙ ḥăbāliym
band noun H2256
coast · company · cord · country ···
לְ/הָמִ֔ית ləhāmiyt
dead (body pron H4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
וּ/מְלֹ֥א wməlōʾ
fill conj H4393
all along · all that is in · full · fulness ···
הַ/חֶ֖בֶל haḥebel
band particle H2256
coast · company · cord · country ···
לְ/הַחֲי֑וֹת ləhaḥăywōt
keep (leave pron H2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
וַ/תְּהִ֤י watəhiy
beacon conj H1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לַ/עֲבָדִ֖ים laʿăbādiym
bondman pron H5650
bondage · servant · servant
נֹשְׂאֵ֥י nōśəʾēy
accept verb H5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
מִנְחָֽה minəḥāh
gift noun H4503
oblation · offering · present · sacrifice
ℹ Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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